More Private Prisons Likely if Jeff Sessions Becomes Attorney General
The Justice Department’s decision last summer to stop contracting with for-private prisons may be changed if the Senate confirms Sen. Jeff Sessions as the next attorney general.
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Homeland Security Council Criticizes Private Detention Facilities for Immigrants
An advisory council to Homeland Security criticized a report Thursday that suggested privately run detention facilities may be the only way to house the surging numbers of immigrants facing deportations.